A/N: Here's the new chapter! ;D Enjoy~ and comment please!

Eiji= 0:) Oishi= '*.*'~ (hehe jk jk)

Chapter 12

Seigaku's Biggest Crisis

The two nights after the Spin the Bottle incident were rough for Eiji. He got about 5 hours total sleep… well, 5 hours the night of the episode and none the night after to be more exact.

It was now Monday, and Eiji gave up any hopes of sleeping by about 4 in the morning. He got up, put on his uniform, brushed his teeth, ect; just his normal morning routine. The only thing that was different was the time elapsed as he did said activities- it took him about 3x longer than it usually did, probably because his body was about 13 hours behind on sleep (give or take a few).

By the time he was finished with everything, it was 5:30, and he decided to walk to school. Yes, morning practice was an hour away, but it'd probably take him a half hour to get there and he could crash on a bench. Judging by his efforts to sleep the past two nights, however, that probably wouldn't work.

As he walked 1mph down the sidewalk, he passed Miku's house, and stopped, looking up at her window on the second story. She was probably still sleeping, though, so he continued on.

After walking for 10 minutes, though, he stopped and looked back. He didn't usually pass Miku's house on his way to school…

'CRAP! I'M GOING THE WRONG WAY!' His brain yelled, and he turned on his heel and picked up the pace…

…which meant him going now 2mph.

Upon arriving at school at 6:00, Eiji walked over to the tennis courts. He changed quickly in the club room after unlocking it, and then headed outside. Eiji looked around. He was still currently the only one there.

Eiji lay down on a bench, both hands behind his head, and sighed.

"Eiji?"

He bolted upright.

"Fujiko…!" He said.

Fuji was standing before him in his school uniform, looking confused.

"Eiji, are you okay? Your eyes are all red and you aren't usually here this early."

"I couldn't sleep. At all."

Fuji sighed. "Is this about Saturday?"

Eiji nodded, looking at the ground.

"I'll be right back; I'm going to go change."

Eiji nodded again, and lay back on the bench.

"KIKUMARU!"

Eiji bolted up from the bench once again. Tezuka was looking sternly at him.

"Twenty laps around the court for sleeping!"

Eiji obeyed, feeling slightly less tired now. At least he got about 20 minutes of sleep today.

The rest of the day, Eiji got in trouble at least once every class for dozing off. He got more and more irritated each time he had to wake up, because he didn't feel like paying attention at all today. Miku poked him with a pencil time and time again to wake him up so that the teacher didn't notice, but to no avail.

After school, Miku announced that she had volleyball practice today to Fuji and a sleeping Eiji. The latter was leaning against Fuji with his head on Fuji's shoulder, napping silently.

Just as practice was about to start and Miku was gone, Fuji shook Eiji to wake him up, but Eiji just fell backwards off the bench and woke himself, landing on his head.

"Owww, Fujiko!" the redhead complained. "Wait, where am I?"

"Tennis practice is about to start, Eiji." Oishi said, approaching the two.

Eiji looked up, and seeing Oishi, rose and walked, expressionless, to the tennis courts to start his warm ups. Oishi watched him go, and then looked at Fuji for some explanation. Fuji just shrugged, eyes open, and entered the courts, asking Taka to play a practice match with him as a warm up.

Oishi, not ready to give up yet, walked over to Eiji, who was standing on the sidelines of the court that Fuji and Taka were rallying on.

"Eiji, want to warm up with me in a practice match?" Oishi asked in a friendly tone.

"No." was his only answer.

"W-why not?" Oishi asked.

"Do you seriously have to ask that?" Eiji asked in a half angry, half surprised tone.

"Yeah, I do. Eiji, you're acting weird. What's the matter?"

"You're the matter!"

"Excuse me?"

"You bastard! You seriously had to go and kiss Miku like that?" Eiji yelled, not caring if other people were staring.

Oishi looked surprised for a moment, and then settled into a now angry expression.

"There was nothing that I could do. It was part of the game!"

"The hell! Ever heard of a quick kiss?"

"Of course I have."

"Oh, and I love how you completely DISCOUNTED the fact that I LIKE HER!"

Oishi didn't have anything to say to that. He looked at Eiji, who was glaring at him.

Eiji suddenly burst out laughing at Oishi, who was seriously confused.

"Oishi, since when do you wear your shirt inside out?" Eiji said, laughing.

That was it. Oishi cracked. He punched Eiji, sending the latter sprawling onto the ground.

"Maybe that'll knock some sense into your head, just like you wanted!" Oishi yelled.

Eiji, holding the right side of his face, looked up.

"You did not just do that. You did not just punch me in the face." Eiji growled, angry again.

"Oh yes I did." Oishi retorted.

"I am NEVER being on your doubles team again!"

"I don't WANT you on my doubles team!"

"Oh? Fighting on the courts?" the captain broke in. He'd obviously seen Oishi's act, but he was now close enough to break them up.

"Kikumaru, 50 laps! Oishi…" Tezuka looked slightly upset at having to say this. "100 laps."

Oishi looked shocked. "T-Tezuka…"

"Want 120?"

"Hai!"

Oishi started to run and noticed that Eiji had already been running for a minute or two. The black-haired ex-teammate, now back to his old self, tried to apologize several times, but Eiji ignored his efforts. Everyone else worried that their best doubles pair was going to break up for sure.

After practice, Eiji completely avoided Oishi and Fuji, and walked home by himself. He had almost reached his house when he heard his name being called. He turned, and saw Miku running to meet him.

She stopped, panting, and looked at Eiji.

"Oh my God," she said, her eyes wide. "Eiji what happened?"

"I… I got hit in the face." Now that he thought about it, he probably should've listened and accepted the apologies that Oishi kept making. Just as long as he didn't do it again…

"By what?"

"A-a tennis ball."

"Oh no! Did Taka or Momo hit it? That's horrible! I'm sure they didn't mean to."

"No, no, it's my fault for being in the way."

"You should put some ice on your eye. It's already turning purple."

"Seriously?"

"Yep. Need help?"

"No, I think my siblings will 'baby' me enough." He laughed weakly.

"Oh come on. I kinda want to meet them." She grabbed his wrist and started leading him inside.

"Miku! No!" Eiji tried to protest, as Miku reached for the doorknob. The front door was flung open, and Tatsuya stood in the doorway, grinning.

"Hi, Eiji's girlfriend!" he exclaimed, and Miku got tugged inside, along with Eiji.

Aya, Hikari, Tatsuya, and Daisuke all stood around Eiji and Miku, who were standing back to back.

"Hi, what's your name?" Hikari asked. "I'm Hikari! This is Aya, Tatsuya, and Daisuke." She gestured around the room.

"I'm Miku." Miku replied.

"Aww! They're holding hands!" Aya cried. Miku hurriedly dropped Eiji's wrist.

"Dude, Eiji, what happened to your face?" Daisuke asked, only slightly concerned. No need to not be rude here.

All of the siblings surrounded Eiji, looking at him. Miku took this chance to drag Eiji into the kitchen, look around, and find the refrigerator. She got him an ice pack and towel, and they quickly escaped to his room, locking the door.

Miku sat down on Eiji's floor with a sigh.

"Your siblings are insane." She said with a small laugh.

"I tried to warn you."

"Seriously, though, are you sure you're okay?"

"Yeah, I'm fine."

"Did you really get hit by a tennis ball?"

Eiji was taken aback by that question.

"Well?"

"No…"

"Then what?"

Eiji looked down at the floor.

"You wouldn't believe me if I told you."

"I think I can manage."

Eiji sighed. "Oishi."

"WHAT!"

"I told you."

"Where does he live? I have another thing to kill him for now."

"Whoa there," Eiji said. "He said he was sorry already."

"So?"

"Multiple times."

"Like that improves the situation."

"EIJI!" Daisuke was shouting through the door. "ARE YOU BEING SAFE?"

Eiji blushed crimson. "SHUT UP!"

Miku laughed so hard she fell over, and eventually Eiji joined in. His siblings were laughing too, on the other side of the door.

After a while of chatting, laughing, and Eiji convincing Miku not to murder Oishi in his sleep, Miku received a text from her mom.

"I have to go now, Eiji," Miku said. "Is there a way that I can escape without being ambushed?"

"There's my window, but the drop is still about 10 feet."

"Oh, that's easy. Bye!"

She opened the window, climbed out, and hung on the ledge by her hands. Then, she let go. Eiji ran to the window just in time to see her do a volleyball roll to stop her fall.

"Can you toss me my backpack?" she called. Eiji dropped it out the window.

"Sayonara!" she said, and took off towards her house.

Eiji watched her go, and then opened his door. Tatsuya tackled him.

"You've got a pretty fancy girlfriend, outouto!" he said excitedly. "She's cute, too!"

"She's not my girlfriend," Eiji said, trying to escape.

"Don't deny it!"

"Too late, I already did!"

Tatsuya picked Eiji up, and ran down the stairs, yelling, "Guys, Eiji's denying that Miku-chan is his girlfriend!"

"Help!"

FYI: I REALIZE THAT OISHI DOESN'T USUALLY ACT LIKE THAT. But it fits, so there!